I love nothing more than a sweeping family saga with a good mystery thrown in, and Lucy Foley has delivered on all fronts. Kate is struggling with her grief for the woman who she considered her best friend as well as her mother and she seeks solace in her mother’s saviour, Evie. Lovely to see a mother and daughter relationship portrayed so positively, instead of the negative representations of the mother /daughter relationship we often get in books. There are eight different worksheets and levels of differentiation so you can choose which suits your Year 1 / Year 2 class.

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While it was an entertaining read about relationships, love and sacrifice, it wasn’t for me a completely compelling read. There are many activities for each literacy area to differentiate depending on your student’s ability/age.After the death of her beloved mother and grandmother, Kate is alone and bereft but has the opportunity find her unknown family through a sketch of a beautiful woman who closely resembles her mother, but was clearly from an earlier time.

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Historical fiction has to have a significant anchor in the history it's drawing from AND a great story that is both timeless and is tied to the time described simultaneously. Use an art program or publishing software to make a poster to tell people about the penguin that the boy had found. The writing is lovely - a joy to read - and the settings, which include New York, Paris, and Corsica, are so beautifully described I felt as though I was traveling there myself. When Kate is given an old line drawing in pen and ink, dated 1929, of a young woman, she initially thinks it is of June, but realises that it can’t be – the date is too early and the clothes and hair are all wrong. Her smile has not faltered through the years, and her hair still falls just above her jaw, as sleek as cat's fur.Tom reveals his side of a bitter-sweet love story that started in Hertfordshire and ended in Paris during the Second World War. g. Zazu from the Lion King arrives on a boy’s doorstep and he has to take him back to Africa (suggested by Loui White).

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I thoroughly enjoyed the journey with Kate through the lives of the characters as she slowly found the answers she sought.The year is 1986 and Kate Darling has recently lost her mother June a world class ballerina in a tragic accident. For WWII-readers there might not be really something new, it's like telling the same story over and over again, but with different characters and different places. Enjoy our wide range of worksheets and activities based on the award-winning international bestselling picture book, Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers to support your teaching.

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Not everything is tied up nice and neatly at the end and, to be honest, I could have done with just a little more . There is a wee bit of overkill in the historical background, with too many characters added to fulfill the drama. Yet, although sad, the novel remains an entertaining read about the suffering and challenges of a brutal war on the art world and the people living to tell their tales. It wasn't until after finishing The Book of Lost and Found I realised that this was a debut novel for Lucy Foley.It’s a sweeping romance that moves backwards and forwards in time, beginning with the carefree, halcyon days of the roaring twenties, through occupied Paris and beyond.